Watford vs Cardiff

15 December 2018 · Premier League · 2018/19 · Referee Andy Madley

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–0

Gerard Deulofeu 16’
José Holebas 52’
Domingos Quina 68’

Junior Hoilett 80’
Bobby Reid 82’

Match summary

Watford won 3-2 at home to Cardiff. Watford led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Gerard Deulofeu put Watford ahead in the 16th minute, set up by Abdoulaye Doucouré. In the second half, José Holebas made it 2-0 in the 52nd minute, set up by Gerard Deulofeu, Domingos Quina made it 3-0 in the 68th minute, set up by Ken Sema, Junior Hoilett pulled one back to make it 3-1 in the 80th minute, set up by Víctor Camarasa, and Bobby Reid made it 3-2 in the 82nd minute.

The chances backed that up: Watford created 1.65 expected goals (xG) from 17 shots to Cardiff's 0.50 from 10.

Match stats

17 Shots 10

8 Shots on Target 3

5 Corners 0

0 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

1.65 xG 0.49

1.65 Non-penalty xG 0.49

11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Watford Cardiff

Kick-off

Gerard Deulofeu
Assist: Abdoulaye Doucouré

1-0

16’

Half-time1-0

José Holebas
Assist: Gerard Deulofeu

2-0

52’

Domingos Quina
Assist: Ken Sema

3-0

68’

80’

Junior Hoilett
Assist: Víctor Camarasa

3-1

82’

Bobby Reid

3-2

Full-time3-2

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

Watford 1.65 xGCardiff 0.50 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Cardiff attacking Watford attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ben Foster	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kiko Femenía	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Christian Kabasele	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Craig Cathcart	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Holebas	DEF	90	1		2	0.11	0.03	1
Abdoulaye Doucouré	MID	90		1	1	0.10	0.43	2
Domingos Quina	MID	90	1		3	0.10	0.00	0
Roberto Pereyra	MID	90			4	0.61	0.07	2
Ken Sema	MID	80		1	1	0.03	0.19	2
Gerard Deulofeu	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.53	0.39	2
Troy Deeney	FWD	84			1	0.07	0.00	0
Isaac Success	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.10	1
Stefano Okaka	Sub	6			1	0.05	0.15	2
Tom Cleverley	Sub	1			1	0.05	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Neil Etheridge	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bruno Ecuele Manga	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sean Morrison	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.03	1
Sol Bamba	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.02	1
Joe Bennett	DEF	62			0	0.00	0.00	0
Aron Gunnarsson	MID	81			0	0.00	0.00	0
Junior Hoilett	MID	90	1		2	0.10	0.01	1
Harry Arter	MID	90			1	0.01	0.00	0
Víctor Camarasa	MID	90		1	1	0.02	0.05	2
Josh Murphy	MID	49			1	0.03	0.00	0
Callum Paterson	FWD	90			2	0.04	0.08	1
Nathaniel Mendez-Laing	Sub	41			0	0.00	0.00	0
Lee Peltier	Sub	28			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bobby Reid	Sub	9	1		2	0.21	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Watford win 59% Bet365 odds 1.64

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.90

Cardiff win 16% Bet365 odds 6.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Watford D L L L D

Cardiff W L W L W

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Previous and next meeting

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.